New PhD – Amit Bansal

From Left to Right, Kristin G-I Mohn, Rebecca Jane Cox, Amit Bansal, Piotr Mydel, Anke-Hilse Maitland-van der Zee, Magnus Paulsson, and Randi J. Bertelsen.

Dr Amit Bansal successfully defended his PhD on November 27, 2024. His thesis focused on “SARS-CoV-2 infection in healthcare workers, and biomarkers of long COVID”.

Dr Bansal responded to questions from the following opponents:

• Opponent 1: Professor Anke-Hilse Maitland-van der Zee, Amsterdam University Medical Center, The Netherlands
• Opponent 2: Associate professor Magnus Paulsson, Lund University, Sweden

Prior to the defence, Dr Bansal gave a trial lecture on “Marburg virus disease in healthcare workers in Rwanda and in high income countries – challenges and solutions”. The Chair of the Committee was Researcher Randi J. Bertelsen, University of Bergen, Norway. The Custos was Professor Piotr Mydel, University of Bergen, Norway

Thesis can be read on BORA (https://bora.uib.no/bora-xmlui/handle/11250/3164752).